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Definition of Caliphs
1. caliph [n] - See also: caliph
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caliphs
Literary usage of Caliphs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1902)
"If the caliphs escaped to the camp or court of any neighbouring prince, ...
In the school of adversity, the luxurious caliphs resumed the grave and ..."
2. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"The ambition of the caliphs provided an immediate exercise for the restless spirit
of the Saracens: their valor was united in the prosecution of a holy war; ..."
3. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... of the caliphs and imams of Egypt. Salah-eddin became fole mailer of the
country, built the citadel of the mountain, and made it his ..."
4. The History of Arabia: Ancient and Modern by Andrew Crichton (1868)
"CHAPTER I. THE ABBASSIDES, OR caliphs OF BAGDAD. accession of the Abbassides—caliphs
of that Dynasty—Alman- sor — Haroun al ..."
5. Outlines of History: With Original Tables, Chronological, Genealogical and by Robert Henlopen Labberton (1871)
"A. THE DIVISION OF THE EMPIRE OF THE caliphs. The name is derived from their
ancestor Abbas, one of the uncles of Mohammed. A bloody persecution was begun ..."
6. The History of the Jews, from the Earliest Period Down to Modern Times by Henry Hart Milman (1864)
"The Jews under the caliphs — Rise of Karaism — Kingdom of ... Throughout the
dominions of the caliphs, in the East, in Africa, and in Spain; ..."
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